Day 6

Day 6: 6/24/10

Start: Bozeman, MT
End: Glacier National Park

Today's miles: 348
Total miles: 1615

Marriage status: Boy the lack of sleep last night really got to us today. I started out this AM getting ready to go at a "vacation" pace, and Tomme wanted to get ready at a military pace. This combined with a lack of sleep did not make for a good start to the day. We were sort of on each others nerves all day, but have made up now, and hope that a good rest tonight makes for a more pleasant day tomorrow.

Passed through: Lewis and Clark National Forest

Today's Notes:

Well other then Tomme and I digging at each other all day we had a pretty good one. We made an egg scramble with real eggs for breakfast, and headed north to Glacier National Park. It was a good weather day, just a few sprinkles here and there.

The start of our drive took us through Lewis and Clark National Forest. This was pretty and a great motorcycle drive. Lots of rolling turns with a view. We were really enjoying it until we hit a road work area that lasted about 20-25 miles in which we had to follow a very slow pace care the entire way. They had us stop, and start following the pace car near a very small town about 12 miles before the actual road work started. I could not figure out why they did it this way, but Tomme guessed that it was so the road worker driving the pace car could pick up more cigarettes from the town each time she made a lap.

After that we stopped for lunch in a town about 100 miles outside of Glacier. The place was a little strange. Our server was a teenage girl who mumbled so badly and spoke so softly we could only assume she was asking for our order. However this may not have been what she was asking because I ordered bowl of chili and an order of cheese fries and received a cup of chili and Tomme got the cheese fries. I then asked if I could get the bowel instead of the cup, and then I got basically an entire vat of chili. My first thought looking at it was it's a good thing Tomme would not have to be stuck in the tent with me for a few more hours.

Finally we arrived at Glacier, and the view coming in was just amazing. We went in the Many Glacier entrance to the park, and I have to say that the view of the blue lake, with the mountains, and a glacier in the background was probably the most beautiful view I have ever seen in any of my visits to our national parks. We then found a spot at the Many Glacier campground and set up a pretty nice camp for the next three nights. We hung both our hammocks, got the tent up, and put a tarp over the picnic table. Tomme and I then had another short spat over dinner, and then we made up and ate our red beans and rice and cornbread. Then of course we passed out from our exhaustion.

Wildlife today: Just a few deer, no bear.

Mediocre tip: Don't go on a long road trip with your spouse and not sleep. It will be ugly.


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